Dougal (King of the Islands)

Dougal ( Gelsk. Dugald ) - the son of Somerled , king of Argyll and the Islands (1164–1200s) (last title with brothers Ranald and Angus ).

Dhugal
Dugald
King of the islands 1164 - 1200s
Predecessor	Somerled
Successor	Donald
with Ranald and Angus
King of Argyll 1164 - 1200s
Predecessor	Somerled
Successor	Duncan and Dougal II Scritch
Death	1200s
Kind	clan founder mcdugall
Father	Somerled
Mother	Ragnhild, daughter of Olaf I
Children	Olaf, Ranald, Duncan , Dougal Skrich , Uspak (?)

Dougal was probably the eldest son of Somerled and his wife Ragnhilda, daughter of King Maine Olaf I. In 1155, some of the Maine barons opposed the then reigning King Godred II and invited themselves to the kingdom of Dougal, the grandson of Olaf I. This allowed Somerled, the father of Dougal, to subjugate Maine and Hebrides and establish a new state - the kingdom of the Islands . After the death of Somerled in 1164, the kingdom was divided between his three sons. Dougal, as the eldest, got the central part of the state (apparently his father’s hereditary possessions): Argyll , Lorne and the islands of Lismore , Mall , Call and Tyree . Dhugal, most likely, was called the title of King Argyll ( old-irl. Rí Airer Goidel ).

Almost nothing is known about the rule of Dougal, except that in 1175 he visited Durham in northern England , where he bowed to the relics of St. Cuthbert and made donations to the Durham Monastery . Dougal died, probably at the beginning of the XIII century . He had several sons: Olaf, Ranald, Duncan and Dougal Scrich . The last two inherited from his father in Argyle. Probably another son of Dougal was Uspak , leader of the Norwegian expedition to the Islands in 1230 .

King Dougal is the founder of the McDougall clan , which dominated the west coast of Scotland until the mid- 14th century . Currently, members of the clan live in the UK , Ireland , USA and other countries.